Doug Ford: “If they want to have cigarettes in the machines, so be it”

Cigarette machines have been banned in Ontario since 1994 (Image: Bob Jagendorf)

Yesterday, a city council committee unsurprisingly shot down a proposal, held over from the David Miller era, that would have had city properties phase out sugared sodas. According to the Toronto Sun, Doug Ford offered this little pearl of wisdom during the debates, after being baited by Paula Fletcher: “If they want to have cigarettes in the machines, so be it,” Ford said. “They might even put a shot of rye in there, too. Unbelievable.”